BERLIN.- Fiona Banner’s practice centres on the problems and possibilities of language, both written and metaphorical. From her ‘wordscapes’ to her use of found and transformed military aircraft, Banner juxtaposes the brutal and the sensual, performing…
MoMA Film to Present Weeklong Series of Documentaries Featuring Artist Associated with Juxtapoz Magazine
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Superman Comic Sells for $1.5 Million and Sets New Record
NEW YORK (AP).- The
record price for a comic book, already broken twice this year, has been
shattered again. A copy of the 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1 sold
Monday
for $1.5 million on the auction Web site ComicConnect.com. The issue,
which
features Superman’s debut and originally sold for 10 cents, is widely
considered
the Holy Grail of comic books. The same issue sold in February
for $1
million, though that copy wasn’t in as good condition as the issue that
sold
Monday. That number was bested just days later when a 1939 comic book
featuring
Batman’s debut sold for $75,000 more at an auction in Dallas.
1939 Batman Comic Fetches $1.075 Million ~ A New Comic Book Record
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- Superman and Batman’s first appearances
in comic books have each set auction sales records and broken the $1 million
barrier, in an age when traditional investments have fared badly and superheroes
look attractive. A 1939 comic with the first ever appearance of masked crime
fighter Batman sold at auction in Dallas on Thursday for a record $1.075
million, said Heritage Auction Galleries. Three days earlier, a buyer
paid $1 million for Superman’s world debut in Action Comics #1, more than
tripling the previous comic book sales record set last year.